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I say this every year and ill say it again. Iowa has the dumbest people in charge of selling tickets.
Do some family packs for these early season games.
4 tickets + 4 drinks + 4 hot dogs for $60.
Or anything similar.
Get fans inside carver to see the new product on the court.
Do some family packs for these early season games.
4 tickets + 4 drinks + 4 hot dogs for $60.
Or anything similar.
Get fans inside carver to see the new product on the court.
Fiberglass backboards suck and are cheap. It's a campus/city court. Show me one that has state of the art backboards and I'll show you one that is broken. If you want to complain about something, go with the double rims. Those are an abomination regardless of durability.
Since Iowa Athletics is full of idiots I am calling all the rocket surgeons on this board to compile a list of the schools who use scanned tickets as their attendance number. While it ‘should’ be the method used it isn’t.
See ‘Nebraska football sell out streak’
As far as the idiots who sell tickets go……. The math doesn’t support the group packs, discounts, etc. the bean counters win that one.
I agree that the pricing has made it a challenge to keep fandom going. Access to the ‘cool stuff’ of the program being limited doesn’t help either. I learned the history with $2 knot hole tickets and seeing Floyd, Rose Bowl trophies etc in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. Now they are more challenging to see.
My kids were fortunate that we have had tickets for 65+ years so they got the experience and are lifelong fans. Would not have had that without my Dad starting this.
See ‘Nebraska football sell out streak’
As far as the idiots who sell tickets go……. The math doesn’t support the group packs, discounts, etc. the bean counters win that one.
I agree that the pricing has made it a challenge to keep fandom going. Access to the ‘cool stuff’ of the program being limited doesn’t help either. I learned the history with $2 knot hole tickets and seeing Floyd, Rose Bowl trophies etc in the lobby of the Fieldhouse. Now they are more challenging to see.
My kids were fortunate that we have had tickets for 65+ years so they got the experience and are lifelong fans. Would not have had that without my Dad starting this.
Yup.
Why would you want empty seats when you could simply offer a discount package. The only thing I can think of is upsetting those that already paid full price.
There usually aren't many tickets for sale directly. Most of the decent empty seats are owned by people that didn't go. If you try to buy tickets for ANY game through the university ticketing site you're going to generally find singles only in decent areas. Most public tickets are in the baseline towards the top. Season tickets are cheap enough that you can buy them for the good games and throw away the rest. And unless they're really good they're barely worth the trouble of trying to sell for most of the non-con games. Though I wish people would just throw them on SeatGeek or StubHub for a dollar to get fans or ideally families with kids to buy in and help fill the place. With the fees it makes it like $12 to buy them.
I might pick up a trio for southeast Missouri in two weeks. I was just looking for examples for this post and came across these. I can bring the kid and his girlfriend for $60 through the university site. Section B row 16. Against a quality opponent that would be a steal. Tickets aren't overpriced or need to be deeply discounted. They're already pretty cheap and adjusted for less desirable games. The demand just isn't there.
SE Missouri State led Missouri at the half and only lost 89-84. That should be a good game.
Announced attendance (total tickets sold & handed out) last night was 11,678.
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Was the 15,000 seat arena at least 2/3 full?
www.espn.com
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Was the 15,000 seat arena at least 2/3 full?
Iowa 81-62 Xavier (Nov 14, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Xavier Musketeers NCAAM game, final score 81-62, from November 14, 2025 on ESPN.
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Better numbers but the crowd never seemed to get into the game last night. Women's crowd is much louder.
I think we're trending in the right direction! Click on "Game By Game" for attendance.Announced attendance (total tickets sold & handed out) last night was 11,678.
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Was the 15,000 seat arena at least 2/3 full?
Iowa 81-62 Xavier (Nov 14, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Xavier Musketeers NCAAM game, final score 81-62, from November 14, 2025 on ESPN.
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I think one ticket, one brat, and one craft beer would probably come pretty close to that 60$ sadly.
No chance you're getting that for 4. Though I like your idea. Maybe if 2 of the tickets are kids and nosebleed. Basically then youd be giving away the seats. 15 dollars each for food seem 'bout right.
Unacceptable!
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Lots of empty seats.
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Lots of empty seats.
Mac could win 25 games and we’ll have 2-3 games sold out. No difference for our fans. I’ve heard all the excuses in the world (some are valid) but I just don’t see much changing.
Announced attendance (total tickets sold & distributed) last night was 9,302.
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Was the arena even half full? Or was it closer to 1/3 full?
www.espn.com
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Was the arena even half full? Or was it closer to 1/3 full?
Iowa 99-70 Southeast Missouri State (Nov 18, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks NCAAM game, final score 99-70, from November 18, 2025 on ESPN.
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I’d say wait until we see the product during big ten season. Fran dug us a hole with the fan base and it will take time for Ben to get out of. If we are successful they wil ***
"This"
I am a little surprised more fans aren't attending as there was quite a bit of hype coming in. I agree with @BrunoMars420 reasoning though.
They need to revoke the season tickets of those prime seats if those tickets dont get scanned for like 60% of the games.
The average fan never has access to seats within the first 20 rows because they're all taken from long term season ticket holders.
University doesn't care though because they're getting the $400 and $600 donation requirement for those seats.
It amazes me how those great seats rarely get used. Money obviously isnt a problem with those ticket holders. Put them on seatgeek and let someone sit there.
The average fan never has access to seats within the first 20 rows because they're all taken from long term season ticket holders.
University doesn't care though because they're getting the $400 and $600 donation requirement for those seats.
It amazes me how those great seats rarely get used. Money obviously isnt a problem with those ticket holders. Put them on seatgeek and let someone sit there.
Quoting my own post...
Take a look at the available tickets for tonight's game. There's 8,000+ seats still available. Yes, a dumb opponent. But why not offer a 4 ticket pack for 50 bucks that includes a small coke and bag of chips.
Why let carver sit empty against these no-name opponents?
Unacceptable!
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Lots of empty seats.
The fans have spoken. Fire Ben.
you are going to tell John Big Donor that gives $50,000 a year that if he doesn't use the seats then they we don't want his money anymore?
Its 600 a seat donation. There's many people that will pay that donation to sit in great seats. The problem is, nobody has access to those seats because they've been in the same family for 30 years. They attend 5 games a year.
Plus it would get some people in that might have never been. A sale to attract new long term customers? I'm sure that's never been tried in the business world. Lol
Who runs the marketing? They suck!
Announced attendance (total tickets sold & distributed) for tonight's game was 9,265.
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
www.espn.com
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Iowa 93-54 Chicago State (Nov 20, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Chicago State Cougars NCAAM game, final score 93-54, from November 20, 2025 on ESPN.
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Reduce seats to 9k, surround top with luxury boxes
That would be terrible for when the women play, also recruiting pitches the sold out 15,000+ seats to recruits for the WBB.
It’s definitely not 600 dollars a seat for the seats you can see empty on tv during gameplay. I’m not sure what it is but it’s a heck of a lot more than that.
Seats between the baseline starting at row 6 are $600 per seat donation.
The first 5 rows require a lot more.
Rows 6-25 are empty for all of the midweek games. They are only full during the weekend games. If you're not going to use them, put them on seatgeek so fans can sit there.
Love this idea. I just decided to cancel my full price season tickets so I can buy discounted tickets, get a soda and some chips for each game. It will be fun to sit in different seats from game to game and see the same number of games for a ton less money. Glad you got this done.
Announced attendance (total tickets sold & distributed) for tonight's game was 9,265.
Actual butts in the seats (scanned tickets) is always less.
Iowa 93-54 Chicago State (Nov 20, 2025) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Chicago State Cougars NCAAM game, final score 93-54, from November 20, 2025 on ESPN.
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I wonder if Carver ever got to 1/3 full.
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Beth should allow fans to move to the center & down. If those people in the really good seats show up, the people in those seats can move to the empty seats next to them
Yea. I’m in Zone 1 but closer to the top than the floor. Always wondered what people in those lower rows have to donate.
A lot of to excited about our current head coach but his fan engagement is maybe at the top. His works. His works hard at that
When the students were gone for Thanksgiving break they opened up the student section seats behind the basket for anyone at the women’s game against Fairfield. I thought that was cool.